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From the province of Lucca to Malaysia, passing via Germany and Holland: Microtest, a gaggle from Altopascio specialised within the creation of take a look at methods and the testing of microchips and silicon wafers, provides a brand new piece to the worldwide enlargement technique, supported by Xenon Private Equity, implementing the actions and providers supplied by the Microtest Pacific department, opened in 2018 to help shoppers within the Asian market.
Production exercise begins in Malacca
Following the funding of over 5 million within the new headquarters in Malacca, the Malaysian department obtained the Manufacturing License from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida) which permits the Italian group to additionally begin part of manufacturing within the new PCB meeting middle , increase the present Test House, replace some applied sciences and proceed to develop them within the packaging and microelectronic design fields. It may even be capable to increase its workforce by 50% over the following 12 months.
«We are investing on numerous fronts and Malaysia is one in all these, however the coronary heart of our technique stays investments in Italy, the place our manufacturing is concentrated – explains Giuseppe Amelio, who with Moreno Lupi is CEO of the corporate based in 1999 additionally with Francesco Cantini –. We are increasing and modernizing the Altopascio headquarters, however above all we’re investing considerably in analysis and applied sciences, to continuously enhance our merchandise.
Investments in Italy
Overall, the Tuscan firm estimates round 25 million investments within the subsequent 3-5 years. The strengthening in Malaysia is strategic so as to have the ability to management the Asian market with higher providers and with an actual manufacturing hub, primarily for the meeting of among the machines produced in Italy, but additionally for the manufacturing of some spare elements. «Without prejudice that the mind of the group will stay in Italy, and in addition in Europe via the acquired firms, the funding within the Malacca headquarters is vital to offer credibility to our complete course of», explains Amelio.
Growth and improvement tasks
And it’s useful to the general development of the group, which after having achieved a rise of 81% in 2023 in comparison with 2022 (reaching 58 million euros in turnover), can also be responding properly to the slowdown part that has occurred in current months characterised the microelectronics market. «We are bucking the development – confirms Amelio – and we proceed to develop even when at a slower tempo, thanks above all to a few components that characterize our merchandise». First of all, the equipment made by Microtest has diminished consumption and environmental affect and is subsequently extra requested by firms to satisfy sustainability targets. Furthermore, they’re on common smaller in measurement than these of the competitors, subsequently they require smaller areas to be put in, with a consequent value benefit. Finally, Microtest has invested and is investing closely in synthetic intelligence methods, with the goal of «serving to our prospects program machines in a semi-automatic approach», provides Amelio.